Thunderstorm Wind in SUMMIT, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 13:30:00 to 20-AUG-05 13:30:00 (EST)
Location: BARBERTON
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 15K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.  A tree was reported to have fallen onto a house causing some roof damage.

Hail in SUMMIT, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 13:46:00 to 20-AUG-05 13:46:00 (EST)
Location: GREENSBURG
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Penny size hail was observed.

Hail in LORAIN, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:16:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:16:00 (EST)
Location: LORAIN
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Nickel size hail was observed.

Hail in CUYAHOGA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 16:00:00 to 20-AUG-05 16:00:00 (EST)
Location: BEREA
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Penny size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind in MEDINA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 14:50:00 to 20-AUG-05 14:50:00 (EST)
Location: HOMERVILLE
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A tree and a large limb were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in LORAIN, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:36:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:36:00 (EST)
Location: SHEFFIELD
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

One tree and a few large limbs and power lines were reported down.

Hail in ASHLAND, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 to 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 (EST)
Location: SULLIVAN
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Penny size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind in CUYAHOGA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:55:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:55:00 (EST)
Location: BEREA
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 4K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Three trees were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in KNOX, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:25:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:25:00 (EST)
Location: FREDERICKTOWN
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A few trees were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in RICHLAND, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:20:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:20:00 (EST)
Location: BUTLER
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Several large limbs were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in MORROW, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:00:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:05:00 (EST)
Location: MT GILEAD
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A tree and a large limb were reported down

Tornado in MEDINA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:20:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:25:00 (EST)
Location: MEDINA
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 175K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Twin F1 tornadoes touched down north of the city of Medina in Medina Township around 4:20 PM.  The tornadoes touched down on Marks Road about a half a mile north of Fenn Road.  The tornadoes tracked east on the ground for about one hundred yards.  The damage path was about seventy-five feet wide.  A pole barn used as a horse arena was leveled.  Another barn nearby suffered serious damage to the roof, and the house on the property also received substantial damage.  Several other homes in the area sustained minor to serious structural damage with a couple sheds destroyed by the tornadoes.  Debris was scattered for several hundred yards around the path of the tornadoes.  No injuries to humans or animals were reported from these tornadoes.

Lightning in MEDINA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 15:00:00 to 20-AUG-05 15:00:00 (EST)
Location: LODI
Property damage: 75K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Lightning struck a home and set fire to the second floor of the house causing major damage.  No injuries were reported.

Flash Flood in CUYAHOGA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 17:00:00 to 20-AUG-05 23:00:00 (EST)
Location: WEST PORTION
Property damage: 1.8M
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Severe thunderstorms tracked over western portions of Cuyahoga Ccounty during the afternoon hours of the 20th.  By late afternoon, a second band of thunderstorms developed and tracked over the same area.  Heavy rain was associated with both rounds of storms.  Flash flooding quickly developed as the rain overwhelmed the storm sewers.  In North Olmsted, there were reports of water up to the first floor windows of several homes.  Water quickly rose to at least 3 feet in depth in the Great Northern Shopping Mall parking lot submerging dozens of cars and causing others to stall.  Floodwaters also flowed into the lower level of the shopping mall.  Water along the Rocky River rose quickly at the Rocky River Reservation.  A small bridge over the river became impassable with several inches of water flowing over it.   A tunnel used for the transit system near Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport was also flooded.  There were numerous reports of basement flooding.  Several streets and highways from downtown Cleveland westward saw substantial flooding.  Flood waters three to four feet deep were reported in many areas.  Several vehicles were trapped or submerged in the flood waters.  Officially for the day, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport received 3.55 inches of rainfall.  Report from other locations in western Cuyahoga County included 5.50 inches in Parma and 4.10 inches measured in North Olmsted.

Flash Flood in LORAIN, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 16:00:00 to 20-AUG-05 23:00:00 (EST)
Location: NORTH PORTION
Property damage: 2M
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Severe thunderstorms tracked over the northern portions of Lorain County during the afternoon hours of the 20th.  By late afternoon, another band of thunderstorms developed and tracked over this same area.   Heavy rain was associated with both rounds of thunderstorms.  Streets, parking lots, fields and homes quickly flooded.  Some roads were reported to have a foot and a half of water flowing down them causing cars to float.  By the end of the event, some roads had around three feet of standing water on them.  Small streams left their banks leaving the standing water in the streets and yards no place to flow.  Hundreds of homes and apartment units suffered from flooding.  Basements of homes quickly filled up with water and apartment buildings with either ground floor or sub-ground floor units experienced extensive flood damage.  Water began receeding during the overnight hours of the 20th.  North Ridgeville was hit hard with numerous reports of flooded homes and streets.  By the end of this event, 5.80 inches of rain had fallen there.  Elyria picked up 5.14 inches, and Grafton received 2.88 inches.  In Avon, 4.5 inches of rain fell in around 90 minutes with a storm total of 3.27 inches in Vermilion.

Flash Flood in ERIE, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 17:30:00 to 20-AUG-05 18:47:00 (EST)
Location: VERMILION
Property damage: 30K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A series of severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rains over the northern portion of Erie County.  3.27 inches of rain was measured at Vermilion in a short period of time.  South and Mason Roads were reported to have a foot of water flowing across them.

Thunderstorm Wind in ASHLAND, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 to 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 (EST)
Location: SULLIVAN
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 4K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.

Hail in HURON, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 to 20-AUG-05 14:35:00 (EST)
Location: GREENWICH
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Penny size hail was observed.

Thunderstorm Wind in LAKE, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 16:20:00 to 20-AUG-05 16:20:00 (EST)
Location: WILLOUGHBY
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Two large trees were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in STARK, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 13:58:00 to 20-AUG-05 13:58:00 (EST)
Location: UNIONTOWN
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A few large limbs were reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in GEAUGA, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 16:10:00 to 20-AUG-05 16:10:00 (EST)
Location: BAINBRIDGE
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A tree and a large limb was reported down.

Thunderstorm Wind in MARION, OHIO
From 20-AUG-05 14:30:00 to 20-AUG-05 14:30:00 (EST)
Location: MARION
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A few large limbs were reported down.